Collar button



July 14, 1931. w. F. wATsoN. 1,814,651

COLLAR BUTTON Filed De'c. 15, 1930 me/who@ W 1T. Wgs'an Patented July 14, 1931 UNTD STFS WILLIAM r. watson, on nennen-fron, Frio-Rina Application filed December 1930. Serialv l5To..502`,528

This invention relates to buttons, buckles and clasps and more particularly to a collar button by means of which a neckband of a shirt is to be secured at the front and ends of 5 a collar secured in overlapping relation to each other at the front.

At the present time it is customary to secure the front ends of a collar band and collar by means of a button consisting of a base .10 having a shank extending therefrom and terminating in a head at its outer end but this is frequently found unsatisfactory as very often when a shirt is laundered the collar band and portions of the shirt to which it is l1.5 secured will become distorted when ironed, thereby causing the overlapped forward ends of the collar band to be disposed at one side or the other of the front of the neck when the shirt is worn and consequently causing the collar when secured to be turned towards one side or the other instead of assuming its proper position. This detracts from the appearance of the collar, and, therefore, one object of the invention is to provide a collar button of such construction that, while a shank forming a portion thereof may be engaged through buttonholes in a Collar band which has been distorted when ironed, another shank may be engaged through buttonholes of a collar and cause the collar to be properly positioned about the neck.

Another object of the invention is to provide the improved collar button with a shank for engagement through buttonholes of a neckband of such construction that when this shank is engaged through the buttonholes of the collar band the base of the collar button will be retained in a horizontal position, thereby preventing the collar from moving vertically out of its proper position about the neckband of the shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collar button having the advantages set forth above which is very simple in its construction.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of the improved collar button,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improved Vcome distorted by improper ironing during lfaunderi-n-g of the shirt. It consists briefly of an elongated `base l havingy at one end a button 2 which projects from the rear face of the base and at its other end a button 3 projecting from' the front face of the base. 65

`The base consists of a fiat strip formed of stiif metal or of any other material suiiciently rigid to prevent the b-ase from bending and the button 3 is similar to a conventional collar button and has a shank which projects forwardly `from the front face of the base intermediate the width thereof and terminates in a head 5 of sufficient size to preventl the button from slipping rearwardly out of the buttonholes 6 of acollar 7 after the collar has been secured'. The shank 4 may be formed integral with the base bar or separate therefrom and firmly secured to the base bar in any desired manner. The button 2 which is intended to engage through the buttonholes 8 of the-collar band 9, as shown in Figure 2, has a shank 10 which projects from the rear face of the base bar intermediate the width thereof and terminates in a head 11 at its free end to prevent the button from slipping out of the buttonholes of the neckband after be ing engaged through the same. It should be noted that the shank 10 is oblong in cross section with its greater dimension extending longitudinally of the base bar. Therefore, when the button is engaged through the buttonholes of the neckband, the iiat shank 10 will occupy the entire length of each buttonhole through which it passes and since it has iat sides it will be prevented from turning in the buttonholes. By this arrangement the base bar will be prevented from turning about the button 2 as a pivot and it will be retained in a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 2, and when the button 3 is engaged through the buttonhole's of a collar the collar Will be prevented from moving vertically out 'of its proper position about the neckband of a shirt. The head ll projects from opposite sides of the shank l0 but terminates flush With its ends.

I have, therefore, provided a collar button of such construction that the overlapped free ends of a collar may be securedand disposed in the proper position in front of the neck and at the saine time a collar band Which has become distorted by improper ironing secured in offset relation to the overlapped ends of the collar, as shown in Figure 2. I have further provided a device for securing a collar of such construction that the shank which passes through the buttonholes of the collar band Will be prevented from having turning movement therein and thereby prevent the collar from moving vertically out of its proper position about the collar band.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A collar button comprising a base bar consisting of a flat strip of rigid material of an even thickness throughout its length and Width, an element to engage through buttonholes of a collar band projecting from' the rear face of said base bar adjacent one end thereof intermediate its Width and having shank rigid With the base bar and provided With a head, the shank being of greater Width than thickness With its greater dimension eX- tending longitudinally of the base bar and having flat side faces, the head being formed With flat inner and outer faces and extending transversely of the base bar with its end portions projecting from opposite side faces of the shank, side edges of the head being Hush With edge faces of the shank, and an element to engage through buttonholes of a collar projecting from the front face of the base bar adjacent the other end thereof intermediate its Width and consisting of a shank rigid With the base bar and provided with a head at its free end.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature.

WILLIAM F. WATSON. [1.. s] 

